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10,000 Dreams Interpreted
Dreams are said to be the mind's way of making sense of the various issues it deals with at any given time--be it work, family, health, relationships. Dreams help sort out all the information and events that are inputted during waking hours, creating a way for a person, free of conscious limitations, to understand what is really going on, to solve problems, to gain clarity and insight into a situation, issue, or other human being.
10,000 DREAMS INTERPRETED is an exploration of various dream images so that the dreamer can gain a better understanding of himself, his world, and his life. Three different interpretations are offered for most images: the conventional one, the psychological one, and then the spiritual one. By understanding all three meanings, the dreamer is able to understand the emotional content, the symbolism, and the reason for each dream image.
For instance:
Angels: The traditional interpretation when dreaming of angels is that one is searching for a parental figure to give unconditional love. The psychological meaning is a need to study the relationship between dreamer and his/her mother. And the spiritual interpretation is a search for enlightenment.
In A-to-Z format, the various ways of looking at and understanding the 10,000 dreams in this book provide a remarkable guide to coping with life, improving oneself, and understanding those around us.
10,000 DREAMS INTERPRETED is an exploration of various dream images so that the dreamer can gain a better understanding of himself, his world, and his life. Three different interpretations are offered for most images: the conventional one, the psychological one, and then the spiritual one. By understanding all three meanings, the dreamer is able to understand the emotional content, the symbolism, and the reason for each dream image.
For instance:
Angels: The traditional interpretation when dreaming of angels is that one is searching for a parental figure to give unconditional love. The psychological meaning is a need to study the relationship between dreamer and his/her mother. And the spiritual interpretation is a search for enlightenment.
In A-to-Z format, the various ways of looking at and understanding the 10,000 dreams in this book provide a remarkable guide to coping with life, improving oneself, and understanding those around us.
576 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1996
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July 21, 2022
Gives good details on certain subjects, there's room for improvement but other then that I enjoyed it.
January 19, 2021
Das „Gelesen“ bezieht sich natürlich auf die Einleitung des Buches. Ich erachte es für wenig sinnvoll über 400 Seiten voller Traumsymbole ohne einen Zusammenhang hintereinander weg zu lesen.
Die Einleitung war jedoch super informativ und anregend. Ich bin sehr interessiert daran mich mehr mit dem Thema auseinanderzusetzen, vor allem mit Jungs Theorien der Archetypen.
Meine Mutter hat das Buch seit meiner Kindheit in gebundener Form und ich konnte immer schon super damit arbeiten. Ich mag, dass die Definitionen eher spärlich ausfallen, um so Interpretationsfreiraum zu schaffen, der für die individuelle Traumdeutung schlicht unumgänglich ist. Zum Vergleich ist das Arbeiten mit Websites, wie traum-deutung[.]de eine schöne alternative, jedoch sind die Einträge dort recht lang und ich reduziere daraufhin die Anzahl der zu deutenden Symbole auf die wichtigsten, anstelle mir, wie mit Hilfe diesen Buches, einen umfassenden Eindruck vom Traum zu machen. Ich bin froh, es mir endlich selbst zugelegt zu haben.
Die Einleitung war jedoch super informativ und anregend. Ich bin sehr interessiert daran mich mehr mit dem Thema auseinanderzusetzen, vor allem mit Jungs Theorien der Archetypen.
Meine Mutter hat das Buch seit meiner Kindheit in gebundener Form und ich konnte immer schon super damit arbeiten. Ich mag, dass die Definitionen eher spärlich ausfallen, um so Interpretationsfreiraum zu schaffen, der für die individuelle Traumdeutung schlicht unumgänglich ist. Zum Vergleich ist das Arbeiten mit Websites, wie traum-deutung[.]de eine schöne alternative, jedoch sind die Einträge dort recht lang und ich reduziere daraufhin die Anzahl der zu deutenden Symbole auf die wichtigsten, anstelle mir, wie mit Hilfe diesen Buches, einen umfassenden Eindruck vom Traum zu machen. Ich bin froh, es mir endlich selbst zugelegt zu haben.
July 22, 2021
This is an excellent reference book which I’ve used in my dream interpretation work for nearly 2 decades. My copy of “10 000 Dreams Interpreted” is dog-eared and tatty from overuse but, together with Alice Anne Parker’s “Understand Your Dreams”, it’s the dream reference book I immediately turn to for dream work.
Although the symbols and interpretations are strongly Westernised, they are useful, easy to understand and provide excellent detail. The dream symbol interpretation in the book may not give me a description of the exact strange & wonderful imagery that pops up in dreams, but they usually provide enough information that triggers a “big picture” view of the dream, making the dream’s significance clear.
Highly recommended.
Although the symbols and interpretations are strongly Westernised, they are useful, easy to understand and provide excellent detail. The dream symbol interpretation in the book may not give me a description of the exact strange & wonderful imagery that pops up in dreams, but they usually provide enough information that triggers a “big picture” view of the dream, making the dream’s significance clear.
Highly recommended.
August 12, 2021
Does what it says on the tin. Could be better but it is a good source.
August 19, 2015
Have you ever waken up and wonder? Wonder, what is it that your dream means. Quite often we wake up in the cold sweat or happy and it molds the way our day will be. Well, dreams are like that. Dreams can make you feel good or bad. They can make you think or try to forget. You can wake up in tears, laughter, confused or in deep thoughts.
Dreams are never what they seem and their meaning usually differs from what you actually see. We have dreams where we laugh or cry. There are deaths, births, war, love and anything you can possibly imagine that appears in our dreams. What does it all mean? How can we get an answer to the worlds greatest mystery? Are there any explanations to what the reality is and what is the actual meaning?
Format
The format is great. It has index to be able to find the information you are looking for relatively easy. There are chapters that relate the information by specific category, such as Weather or Rocks and Minerals. There is a small explanation about the category in general.
Each chapter has information on the variety of elements that fall into that category. There are great pictures to bring out more beauty into this wonderful book. And each element has different paragraphs depending on the nature of the appearance, such as AIR: cold air and hot air. So, the same element in the different form has different explanations.
Content
10,000 Dreams Interpreted is about the world of dreams. There are explanations of what you see and what the meaning is. It is a wonderful book with beautiful pictures and the examples on the subject. There are many ways you can wake up and understand the worst is actually something that means you will be blessed with a fortune. There is no true straightforward meaning when you are talking about dreams. The explanations in the book cover the way you see things and what you see. Those things are explained to what the theory of their meaning is.
Let me give you an example of what the book says about different dream events.
Infants - to dream of seeing a newly born INFANT, denotes that pleasant surprises are nearing you.
Tassels - to see a TASSEL in a dream, denotes that you will reach the height of your desires.
Lizard - to see a LIZARD, foretells attacks upon you by enemies.
Air - to dream of breathing HOT AIR, suggests that you will be influenced to evil by oppression. To feel COLD AIR in your dream denotes discrepancies in your business affairs, and incompatibilities in the sphere of domestic relations.
So, as you can see, these dreams are not what they seem to be according to their meanings. The explanations are derived from theories, philosophy and legends. Whether or not they are true, may be?
There is also a history and what some people presumed the dreams to be. Some of the world's famous philosophers had various theories on the Dream State and how it relates to our lives. Some people assume the dreams to be the connection between our body and our spirit. Some thought it is a message from God.
There are theories that the dreams can foretell the future of our lives or of the lives of people who are close to us. The book talks of, where the theories came from and what did people make out of them through the changes in time. Civilization always found explanations for what is real and what is not.
Personal Note
There were several movies, which were based on the dreams. Some that come to mind are Dreamscape and Dream a Little Dream. They are based on the dreams being able to control our lives and the way we can hurt or protect others. Are these movies exaggerations or are they in some way a reality? Can we alter our dream state, can we be able to actually change the way we feel and the way we are, through our dreams? Can there be a logical explanation to what we see in our somewhat subconscious state? May be, who knows, but one thing for sure is that when you wake up after a nice dream, it makes your whole day.
That is why this book is not just something you will read once. You will use it as a reference. You will wake up and run to your book shelve to see what your dreams meant. It is a very informative and interesting piece of literature.
Conclusion
It is just interesting and fun to find out these things. I enjoy the subject of dreams and I was fascinated by the way it has a meaning to our lives. May be it is our conscious thoughts, something that we were worrying ourselves about throughout the day. It might mean something we were doing a while back and our subconscious memory is breaking through. There is no perfect explanation to what exactly dreams are, what makes them come and feel our picture like sleeping stage, but the book is just great, entertaining and has some of the answers to the world’s secret. I like it and if you are interested in nature of your dreams or the dreams of others, I would strongly recommend it.
Dreams are never what they seem and their meaning usually differs from what you actually see. We have dreams where we laugh or cry. There are deaths, births, war, love and anything you can possibly imagine that appears in our dreams. What does it all mean? How can we get an answer to the worlds greatest mystery? Are there any explanations to what the reality is and what is the actual meaning?
Format
The format is great. It has index to be able to find the information you are looking for relatively easy. There are chapters that relate the information by specific category, such as Weather or Rocks and Minerals. There is a small explanation about the category in general.
Each chapter has information on the variety of elements that fall into that category. There are great pictures to bring out more beauty into this wonderful book. And each element has different paragraphs depending on the nature of the appearance, such as AIR: cold air and hot air. So, the same element in the different form has different explanations.
Content
10,000 Dreams Interpreted is about the world of dreams. There are explanations of what you see and what the meaning is. It is a wonderful book with beautiful pictures and the examples on the subject. There are many ways you can wake up and understand the worst is actually something that means you will be blessed with a fortune. There is no true straightforward meaning when you are talking about dreams. The explanations in the book cover the way you see things and what you see. Those things are explained to what the theory of their meaning is.
Let me give you an example of what the book says about different dream events.
Infants - to dream of seeing a newly born INFANT, denotes that pleasant surprises are nearing you.
Tassels - to see a TASSEL in a dream, denotes that you will reach the height of your desires.
Lizard - to see a LIZARD, foretells attacks upon you by enemies.
Air - to dream of breathing HOT AIR, suggests that you will be influenced to evil by oppression. To feel COLD AIR in your dream denotes discrepancies in your business affairs, and incompatibilities in the sphere of domestic relations.
So, as you can see, these dreams are not what they seem to be according to their meanings. The explanations are derived from theories, philosophy and legends. Whether or not they are true, may be?
There is also a history and what some people presumed the dreams to be. Some of the world's famous philosophers had various theories on the Dream State and how it relates to our lives. Some people assume the dreams to be the connection between our body and our spirit. Some thought it is a message from God.
There are theories that the dreams can foretell the future of our lives or of the lives of people who are close to us. The book talks of, where the theories came from and what did people make out of them through the changes in time. Civilization always found explanations for what is real and what is not.
Personal Note
There were several movies, which were based on the dreams. Some that come to mind are Dreamscape and Dream a Little Dream. They are based on the dreams being able to control our lives and the way we can hurt or protect others. Are these movies exaggerations or are they in some way a reality? Can we alter our dream state, can we be able to actually change the way we feel and the way we are, through our dreams? Can there be a logical explanation to what we see in our somewhat subconscious state? May be, who knows, but one thing for sure is that when you wake up after a nice dream, it makes your whole day.
That is why this book is not just something you will read once. You will use it as a reference. You will wake up and run to your book shelve to see what your dreams meant. It is a very informative and interesting piece of literature.
Conclusion
It is just interesting and fun to find out these things. I enjoy the subject of dreams and I was fascinated by the way it has a meaning to our lives. May be it is our conscious thoughts, something that we were worrying ourselves about throughout the day. It might mean something we were doing a while back and our subconscious memory is breaking through. There is no perfect explanation to what exactly dreams are, what makes them come and feel our picture like sleeping stage, but the book is just great, entertaining and has some of the answers to the world’s secret. I like it and if you are interested in nature of your dreams or the dreams of others, I would strongly recommend it.
February 18, 2017
I've kept this close at hand for years. Excellent!
May 31, 2013
Image symbolism communicates without the use of written language. This pictorial language is useful for me personally as an artist and writer, giving me an additional tool in which to express and communicate with others.
October 12, 2014
actually a psych book which explains dreams in terms of Jungian symbols, myths and archetypes. consistently useful if you find dreams difficult to understand, and less costly than a shrink or therapist, and more entertaining. most dreams are rather simple to explain once you get the rubric down.
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February 28, 2019This is actually a question, not a review lol. Where in the book would i look for a dream about having children ? I had a dream i had a whole family, wife & 4 children. Where would i find some info on this in this book ?
December 9, 2009
This is one of the best dream interpretation book around. Full of Jungian wisdom and well-organised.
July 28, 2011
Not bad at all.
May 30, 2012
decent collection of information for dream interpretation. pure personal interest to gain insight.
August 8, 2012
Good Book bought it in Canberra 2006......excellent interpretations, refer to it like a bible now and again......sort of book you keep in the bedside cabinet.
February 22, 2013
This was a very helpful book! I help my friend figure out what her nightmares meant. I also helped my brother figure out what certain things in he's dream meant. This is an amazingly helpful book!
May 17, 2018
Had book 8 years, don't dream nightly so look at least every month after a disturbing dream to analyse
May 25, 2019
Sehr hilfreich und interessant.
Allerdings suche ich leider sehr oft, bis ich ein passendes Schlagwort gefunden habe.
Allerdings suche ich leider sehr oft, bis ich ein passendes Schlagwort gefunden habe.
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